Spermatogonial survival after cryopreservation and short-term orthotopic immature human cryptorchid testicular tissue grafting to immunodeficient mice

Human Reproduction

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1603-1611

  Wyns, Christine ^a   Curaba, Mara ^a   Martinez Madrid, Belen ^a   Van Langendonckt, Anne ^a   François Xavier, Wese ^a   Donnez, Jacques ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Spermatogonia; Testicular tissue; Xenografting

Indexed keywords

MELANOMA ANTIGEN 4; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYPTORCHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIDOPEXY; ORGAN DONOR; SCROTUM; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGONIUM; TESTIS; THAWING; TISSUE GRAFT; TISSUE PRESERVATION; XENOGRAFT;

MUS;

EID: 34447332238     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem062     Document Type: Article

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